Container-cover holder



Aug. 26. 1924. "1,506,199 1 J. s. PEARSON CVGNTAINER COVER HOLDER Filed March 28, 1922 avwamtoz l atented Aug. 25, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CONTAINER-COVER HOLDER.

Application filed March 28, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN S. PEARSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at 202 First Avenue, Behnar, in the county of Monmouth and State of ew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Container-Cover Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to container cover holder, and more particularly to the adaptation and arrangement of the parts, as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

In the use of soft metal tubes for toothpaste, shaving cream and various other ar ticles, the cover when removed is often mislaid and lost or laid where it comes in contact with dirt and thereby contaminates the contents of the tube when replaced thereon.

My device solves these two problems by furnishing a threaded nipple made integral with or attached to the container, so that the cover or cap when removed from the container can be readily mounted on said threaded nipple so that the cap cannot be mislaid nor come into contact with any foreign substance so as to contaminate the contents of the container when replaced in position on the opening thereof.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of one embodiment of my device as applied to a rigid body container in which the lower part of the container is broken away for convenience in illustration, and showing the head and cap partly cutaway to show the inte ior construction; Figure 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 3; Figure 3 is a front elevation of the device shown in Figure 1, but with the cap member removed and mounted on the threaded nipple; and Figure l is an embodiment of the device shown in Figures 1 to 3 applied to a soft metal tube which has been collapsed.

In the drawings 10 is a soft metal tube or container of usual construction having a mouth or opening 11 which is externally threaded at 12, and over which external threading 12 a cap 13 of usual construction and having an internal threadin 1% is adapted to be mounted in the welI-known manner.

Serial No. 547,398.

In Figures 1, 2, and 3 there is shown one embodiment of my device with a hard body container, in which a bracket 17 has a loop portion 18 which is internally threaded so as to engage the external threading 12 of the mouth or opening 11. The bracket 17 carries a nipple 19 which is integral therewith and which is externally threaded at 20. In Figure 7 the bracket 17 is adapted to a soft metal tube so that the nipple 19 will not interfere with the rolling up of the tube 10 as the contents are used.

In Figures 1, 2, 3 and a when it is desired to use the contents of the container 10, the cap 13 is removed and the internal threading thereof enables the user to mount the cap 13 on the nipple 19 over the external threading 20 thereof, thereby preventing the loss of the cap 13 or its contamination.

The bracket 17 can be readily removed and placed on any container similar to 10 having an opening 11 of the same size, which is one of the standard sizes in such containers. The bracket 17 also serves as a locking washer to prevent the cap 13 from loosening, and thereby accidently becoming detached from the mouth 11, and may be made without any internal threading in the loop portion 18.

I claim:

1. A container cap carrier comprising a bracket having an internally threaded opening at one end adapted to be screwed over a threaded container mouth and an externally threaded nipple rigidly secured to the other end of said bracket adapted to hold said cap when removed from said mouth.

2. In a container the combination of an externally threaded mouth, an internally threaded cap adapted to screw onto said mouth, a bracket having an opening at one end adapted to slip over said mouth, and a nipple rigidly secured. to the other end of said bracket and adapted to hold said cap When removed from said mouth.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

JOHN S. PEARSON. 

